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Apr 2, 2024 39 min

Should kids still learn to code?

from Practical AI Hosted by Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson

In this fully connected episode, Daniel & Chris discuss NVIDIA GTC keynote comments from CEO Jensen Huang about teaching kids to code. Then they dive into the notion of “community” in the AI world, before discussing challenges in the adoption of generative AI by non-technical people. They finish by addressing the evolving balance between generative AI interfaces and search engines. Sponsors: Ladder Life Insurance – 100% digital — no doctors, no needles, no paperwork. Don’t put it off until the very last minute to get term coverage life insurance through Ladder. Find out if you’re instantly approved. They’re rated A and A plus. Life insurance costs more as you age, now’s the time to cross it off your list. Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Featuring: Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X Show Notes: NVIDIA GTC March 2024 Keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang 5 Forces That Will Drive the Adoption of GenAI | Harvard Business Review Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google | The Verge Upcoming Events: Register for upcoming webinars here!

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Should kids still learn to code?

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  1. 0:00 Welcome to Pratical AI
  2. 0:43 Getting fully connected
  3. 1:57 Jensen Huang's comments on kids learning to code
  4. 4:07 Future of AI and learning software
  5. 6:52 Human & AI partnership
  6. 11:31 Sponsor: Ladder Life Insurance
  7. 13:39 Connecting with the community
  8. 17:07 Finding good projects
  9. 20:47 Building a social web
  10. 22:34 Getting non-techical people to use AI tools
  11. 32:01 AI is not a search engine
  12. 37:50 Join our community!
  13. 38:33 Outro

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